As winter slowly turned to spring late this April through early May, over 150 writers from around the world gathered in New York for the 10th annual PEN World Voices Festival in International Literature. The festival, created in 2004 by Salman Rushdie, then PEN America president, seeks to offer “first hand cultural and political experience from […]

Dear TCDS Friends and Alumni, On behalf of the Global Studies Program and the International Center for Migration, Ethnicity, and Citizenship (ICMEC), TCDS is pleased to invite you to a public lecture featuring Grete Brochmann and Jan-Paul Brekke. The lecture will take place on Tuesday, February 19th at 4 pm, for more details check the attached […]

by Tomasz Kitlinski, a TCDS alum Originally published in Deliberately Considered on September 17, 2012 The Pussy Riot trial will go down in the history of injustices as the Oscar Wilde trial of the 21st century. Against the evil powers that be, the Moscow artists acknowledged their inspirers, fellow outcasts: Socrates (this connection to the martyr of philosophy […]

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Aftershock: The Rise and Fall of the Liberal Project in Eastern Europe and Beyond

The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) and Public Seminar (P.S.) invite you to the first of our Global Dialogues Fellowship Lecture Series Aftershock: The Rise and Fall of the Liberal Project in Eastern Europe and Beyond featuring author and political analyst John Feffer. Feffer will discuss his latest work Aftershock in which he re-visits Eastern Europe and documents the […]

Global Dialogues Fellowship 2018 Opening Reception & Pierogi Party!

Dear Alumni & Friends, TCDS cordially invites you to the Opening Reception for our 2018 Global Dialogues Fellows! In addition to welcoming them, it will be a great time for TCDS alumni and faculty to come catch up with friends and colleagues, and for interested students to hear more about TCDS programs including our upcoming Democracy & […]